F.A.U.X. — Fetish Amulets Under X marks artist Ivan Hunga Garcia’s first solo exhibition outside the performative world of fashion, where they have been establishing a practice deeply rooted in material research, identity expression, and the deconstruction of boundaries between art, design, and the politics of the body. The exhibition features eleven life-sized objects that propose a narrative sequence interweaving themes such as voyeurism and BDSM.

At the heart of the project is SCOBY (Symbiotic Culture of Bacteria and Yeast), a biological membrane produced through kombucha fermentation, which the artist cultivates themself and applies as an alternative to leather and other synthetic materials commonly used in fetish wear.

In this project, Garcia breaks away from traditional runway and gallery contexts, proposing a new exhibitionary lexicon where the audience’s body is called to take a stance—ethically, aesthetically, and physically—in relation to the objects. These do not merely represent intentions; they demand action. F.A.U.X. is, ultimately, a manifesto against aesthetic neutrality and the sterility of form. It is a call to experience—sensory, emotional, and psychic. A territory where art can be touched.